Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
88
Highest
100.0%
Israel
Lowest
26.9%
Chad
Median
97.4%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
2,377
What the numbers show
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 88 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Israel; the lowest is 26.9% in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 97.4%, and the mean is 85.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 57.3%), and the largest decrease in Benin (down 15.2%).
Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (%) (rate both sexes): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2018 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Armenia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 99.8% | 2019 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 5 | Croatia | 99.8% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Finland | 99.8% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Russia | 99.8% | 2022 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 8 | Estonia | 99.7% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 99.7% | 2021 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | Italy | 99.7% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 11 | Slovenia | 99.7% | 2021 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 12 | United States | 99.6% | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 99.6% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 99.5% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 99.4% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | Denmark | 99.4% | 2021 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 17 | Uruguay | 99.4% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 18 | Sweden | 99.4% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Switzerland | 99.3% | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Hungary | 99.2% | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Chile | 99.2% | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 22 | Jamaica | 99.2% | 2022 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | China | 99.2% | 2020 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 24 | France | 99.1% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 25 | Greece | 99.1% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 26 | Indonesia | 99.0% | 2022 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 99.0% | 2021 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 28 | Peru | 99.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 29 | Austria | 99.0% | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 30 | Tajikistan | 99.0% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 31 | Bolivia | 98.9% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 98.8% | 2022 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 33 | Spain | 98.6% | 2021 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Vietnam | 98.3% | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 35 | Guyana | 98.2% | 2019 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 36 | Ecuador | 98.1% | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Poland | 98.1% | 2020 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 38 | Romania | 98.1% | 2021 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 39 | Turkey | 97.7% | 2022 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 40 | Mexico | 97.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Brazil | 97.6% | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 97.6% | 2021 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 43 | South Africa | 97.6% | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 44 | Mongolia | 97.5% | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 45 | Panama | 97.3% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 46 | Colombia | 97.2% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 47 | Paraguay | 96.8% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 48 | Jordan | 96.5% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 49 | Egypt | 96.1% | 2022 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 95.8% | 2022 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 51 | India | 94.2% | 2019 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 52 | Venezuela | 94.1% | 2014 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 53 | Suriname | 92.5% | 2022 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 54 | El Salvador | 91.4% | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 55 | Kenya | 90.8% | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 90.1% | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 57 | Zimbabwe | 88.8% | 2019 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 88.4% | 2022 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 59 | Honduras | 88.1% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 60 | Lesotho | 87.9% | 2024 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 61 | Laos | 87.7% | 2023 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 62 | Nepal | 86.1% | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 63 | Guatemala | 85.0% | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 82.3% | 2021 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 65 | Togo | 79.1% | 2022 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 66 | Ghana | 77.6% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 67 | Nigeria | 77.4% | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 68 | Tanzania | 74.5% | 2022 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 69 | Zambia | 74.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 70 | Cameroon | 74.0% | 2018 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 71 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 70.0% | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 72 | Sierra Leone | 69.4% | 2019 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 73 | Cote d'Ivoire | 65.2% | 2021 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 74 | Rwanda | 62.7% | 2022 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 75 | Gambia | 62.3% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 76 | Ethiopia | 54.4% | 2022 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 77 | Mozambique | 54.4% | 2022 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 78 | Haiti | 53.0% | 2017 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 79 | Senegal | 52.7% | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 80 | Benin | 50.4% | 2022 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 81 | Madagascar | 49.7% | 2021 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 49.3% | 2020 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 83 | Mali | 47.5% | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 84 | Guinea | 45.1% | 2018 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 85 | Uganda | 38.7% | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 86 | Niger | 35.8% | 2022 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 87 | Liberia | 30.5% | 2019 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 88 | Chad | 26.9% | 2019 | down 1.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- SDG: Northern America 100.0%
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 99.8%
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 99.7%
- SDG: Central Asia 99.6%
- SDG: Europe 99.6%
- GPE: Europe & Central Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 99.5%
- SDG: Australia and New Zealand 99.5%
- SDG: Eastern Asia 99.1%
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 98.2%
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 97.4%
- SDG: South-eastern Asia 96.8%
- GPE: East Asia & Pacific Wb Fy24, December 2024 95.8%
- SDG: Latin America and the Caribbean 93.8%
- GPE: Upper Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 93.1%
- GPE: Small Island and Landlocked Developing States, December 2024 92.0%
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 91.5%
- SDG: Western Asia 90.6%
- SDG: Northern Africa and Western Asia 90.4%
- SDG: Northern Africa 90.3%
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 89.3%
- SDG: Southern Asia 88.9%
- SDG: World 88.3%
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 87.4%
- SDG: Oceania 86.8%
- GPE: Non Fragile & Non Conflict-affected Countries (non-fcac) Fy24, December 2024 85.4%
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 82.7%
- GPE: Latin America & Caribbean Wb Fy24, December 2024 79.4%
- GPE: Middle East & North Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 79.0%
- SDG: Small Island Developing States 76.2%
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 75.9%
- GPE: Fragile or Conflict-affected Countries (fcac) Fy24, December 2024 70.3%
- GPE: South Asia Wb Fy24, December 2024 70.3%
- SDG: Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand) 69.9%
- SDG: Sub-saharan Africa 68.3%
- GPE: Sub-saharan Africa Wb Fy24, December 2024 67.4%
- SDG: Least Developed Countries 66.9%
- SDG: Landlocked Developing Countries 66.1%
- WB: Low Income (july 2025) 60.9%
- GPE: Low Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 59.4%
About this data
February 2026 Data Release